Event |January 25 - January 26, 2018
Connecting in Paris: First GICA Annual Meeting

Nearly 150 attendees working in infrastructure connectivity-related sectors gathered in Paris 25 – 26 January 2018 for the first GICA Annual Meeting, held at the OECD Headquarters.
Co-organized by the Global Infrastructure Connectivity Alliance (GICA), the World Bank, and the OECD, the event brought together policy makers and practitioners participating in the GICA to discuss the state of play in global connectivity, innovative practices and the outlook for connectivity. The event provided an opportunity for GICA members to share their latest research and findings and define new areas of cooperation based on identified gaps.
In addition to the world’s largest institutional investors, attendees included senior government representatives from OECD and developing countries, regulators, and other industry participants.
See the sidebar at right for selected meeting materials, featuring the meeting summary report—with key takeaways—event programs, speaker biographies, and presentation PDFs.
Related Reading:
Blog — Highlights: First GICA Annual Meeting
Blog — Conversations on Connectivity, Part 1
Blog — Conversations on Connectivity, Part 2
Attendees participate in the Day 2 roundtable discussions
Detail
When:
January 25 - January 26, 2018 08:00 AM to 05:00 PMWhere:
OECD Headquarters (Paris, France)Meeting Materials
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PRESENTATIONS: January 25Plenary I — Connectivity Infrastructure
Jan Mischke, McKinsey Global Institute
Plenary II — Energy Connectivity Plenary III — Transport ConnectivityYoung Tae Kim, International Transport Forum
Jan Hoffmann, UNCTAD: Presentation
Jan Hoffmann, UNCTAD: Recommendations
Naoyuki Yoshino, Asian Development Bank Institute
Plenary IV — ICT Connectivity Project in Focus: Blockchain and Global TradeGraham Slack, Maersk & Luca Comparini, IBM
Plenary V — Financing ConnectivityMorag Baird, Global Infrastructure Hub
Working Together: GICA and its Possibilities* * *
PRESENTATIONS: January 26 Session 1: Connectivity Needs and Priorities for GICA Session 2: Financing Connectivity Vision to Program to Projects (V2P2P)Debra Kertzman, Asian Development Bank
Session 3: Quantifying Connectivity